Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is…

What misfortune befell the prince, and to whom did he resort for assistance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: misfortune · What happens: befall, resort · To what, where: prince

This is exam question 4 of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 misfortune	det
2	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	nsubj
3	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 resort	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 resort	cc
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 whom	case
9	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 resort	obl
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 resort	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 resort	nsubj
12	resort	resort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 befell	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 assistance	case
14	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resort	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 befell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	past	what misfortune	the prince					tree rules
2	resort	past · do-support	misfortune					for assistance	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to whom=Result

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He was blinded by the robber and sought help from a giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 blinded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blinded	aux:pass
3	blinded	blind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 robber	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 robber	det
6	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blinded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sought	cc
8	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blinded	conj
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sought	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 giant	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 giant	det
12	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blind	past · passive	the robber	He					tree rules
2	seek	past	the robber not said here	help				from a giant	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was deprived of both eyes by the robber and went to the giant for aid

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deprived	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deprived	aux:pass
3	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deprived	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 robber	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 robber	det
9	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deprived	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deprived	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 giant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 giant	det
14	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 went	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 aid	case
16	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	past · passive	the robber	He				of both eyes	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Source of eye=Theme
2	go	past	the robber not said here					to the giant; for aid	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to giant=Initial_Location

Option 3

The captain took his eyes and he fled to a giant's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 captain	det
2	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 took	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fled	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fled	nsubj
8	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 took	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 house	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the captain	captain's eyes					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	flee	past	captain			a giant's house			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location

Option 4

The robber gouged out both of his eyes, so he traveled far to the giant's house to beg for help and aid

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robber	det
2	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 traveled	nsubj
3	gouged	gouge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 robber	acl
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 gouged	compound:prt
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 gouged	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 both	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 traveled	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 traveled	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 traveled	nsubj
12	traveled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 traveled	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	18 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giant	det
16	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 house	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 giant	case
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 traveled	obl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 beg	mark
20	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 traveled	advcl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 help	case
22	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 beg	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 aid	cc
24	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 help	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	gouge out	participle	the robber not said here	both			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Patient
2	travel	past	the robber		the giant's house	far property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to house=Destination
3	beg speech: request	to-infinitive	the robber not said here			for help and aid	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for help=Topic

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